The Perlich Post: September 2024

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Happy Birthday Cannonball Adderley!

Remembering Cannonball Adderley with a '69 Oslo show, a '63 throwdown with Yusef Lateef and David Axelrod's "Tensity" flipped by Pete Rock.

Super Disco Pirata digs into Mexico City's mobile soundsystem scene

The golden age of Mexico City's sonideros is explored on Analog Africa's Super Disco Pirata 2LP set out November 15.

Here's the scoop from Analog Africa's Samy Ben Redjeb...

I am facing a dilemma: how does the founder of an independent music label justify creating a project highlighting, even praising piracy, the very plague that has brought many labels to the brink of bankruptcy?

I first became aware of “pirata” LPs in 2020 while hunting for records in Mexico City: their weird-looking DIY covers – and the edited, tweaked, EQ-manipulated and pitched-down music they contained – got me hooked. There was no denying it: the more I became immersed in the world of these illicit productions the more I became intrigued; and before long it became crystal clear that I would one day release my own compilation compiled out of pirated compilations. But beyond my own fascination with that parallel world, it was undeniable that the “pirata” movement had played a significant role in shaping the musical scene of Mexico. So how did it all start?

During the 1980s, a group of music dealers and record collectors from Mexico City joined forces to create a series of illegally manufactured vinyl records containing rare and highly-sought hits from Perú, Ecuador, Colombia and beyond. At the time, Mexico City’s dance-party scene was ruled by the sonideros, a highly developed network of mobile soundsystem operators. The popularity of the sonideros led to a growing demand for tropical music, as their fan base became increasingly hungry for the “exclusive” hits associated with particular sonidos. Additionally record dealers were getting frustrated with the music industry constantly “feeding” them streams of mediocre records and from this frustration came the idea of compiling and manufacturing LPs on which every song was a hit: “no matter where the needle dropped, it had to be a song capable of igniting the party.”

These bootleg compilations – known as “pirata” – were pressed during graveyard shift on recycled vinyl in editions of no more than 500; they were cheaply produced and sold just as cheaply to people who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford them. They were played extensively in every corner of Mexico’s heavily-populated barrios where, in addition to educating the ears of the youngsters, they also promoted some of the best tropical music recorded in Latin America.

According to various first-hand accounts these “piratas” began to appear mysteriously in the early 1980s at various market stalls in Tepito, Mexico City’s infamous barrio, a place where one can attend daytime Salsa parties, get any drug imaginable, buy any kind of weapon and, of course, purchase pirated music in all formats. It seems that the manufacturers of pirata LPs worked on the principle that “what happens in Tepito stays in Tepito” and getting information about their bootlegging operations was difficult, not to mention dangerous. My partner in crime – Carlos “Tropicaza” Icaza, who had agreed to write the notes to this project – was quick to point out that: “We won’t be able to disclose any names. We’ll have to be careful how we tell the story!”

At first the pirata LPs came in a simple generic covers, had made-up company names such as Discos Music-Hall, Carioca, Garden, or Miami, and contained popular street-dance songs in nearly every tropical genre. As these unlikely compilations became successful and new ones started being produced at a rate of one per month, the pirates began designing and printing interesting looking covers which often featured the logos of some of the most popular sonidos such as Rolas, Pancho, La Changa, Arco-Iris, Casablanca. The pioneer of this design style was Jaime Ruelas, who had started out as a DJ for the legendary mobile discoteque Polymarchs before using his illustration skills to design their flyers, posters and logos. Taking direct inspiration from science fiction movies and heavy metal covers, the graphics he created became a key element of sonidero culture.

The anonymous manufacturers may not have realized it at the time but, in daring to create pirata LPs, they were helping to consolidate and expand a love for tropical music and dance among the population of Mexico City and beyond. The records themselves are a key element of the sonidero culture that was recently declared as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mexico City for the impact that it has had on multiple generations who identified with the communal experience of the street party, and for whom music and dance became an essential part of daily life.

This double-LP contains 23 tropical floor-fillers sourced from the finest and strangest pirata LPs produced during the golden age of Mexico City’s mobile soundsystems. It also includes a large booklet containing extensive notes and photos and It is dedicated to all the sonideros for their ground-breaking roles as ambassadors of tropical music within Mexican society. Super Disco Pirata is out November 15 – pre-order it via Bandcamp right here.

Super Disco Pirata: De Depito Para El Mundo 1965-1980

1. Lucho Burbano - Afro Oriental 05:39

2. Cumbia Machuca - Cumbia De Los Bee Gees

3. Lucho Gavilanes - El Tequilazo/Canelazo

4. Carlos Haayen Y Su Piano Candeloso - Palenque

5. Enrique Lynch - La Quinta Sinfonia de Beethoven

6. Los Pakines - Venus

7. La Protesta de Colombia - Lamento de Cumbia

8. Sonora Tropical - Ritmo de Cumbia

9. Eduardo Zurita - La 3a De Los Toquecitos

10. Leon Cardona y Los Internacionales - La Noche

11. El Combo Cienaguero - El Compae Nuñez

12. Gabriel Meza Y Su Organo Chévere - La Luna Y El Pescador

13. Los Destellos - Tanto Tienes, Tanto Vales

14. Los Diablos Rojos - A Bailar El Son Satanico

15. Anibal Angel - Cumbia Tropical

16. Camacho y Cano - Hagan Rueda

17. Orquesta "Rafalo" - Eso Es Con Vela

18. Alex Acosta Y Su Orquesta - Cumbia Del Amor

19. Ramon Ropain - Malinga

20. Afrosound - Platico Chino

21. Los Destellos - La China María

22. Los Orientales de Paramonga - Te Gusta Como Azucar

23. Francisco Zapata - Cumbia Candelosa

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Nic & The Narcs open for D.O.A. @ The Horseshoe, Saturday

Nichol Robertson and crew – who definitely aren't cops – open for D.O.A. at The 'Shoe tonight along with the Filthy Radicals.

Martin Bisi's Sound & Chaos doc screens @ Collective Arts, Saturday

The screening of the Sound & Chaos doc will be followed by performances of the Martin Bisi Collective and Crying High. Starts at 7:30pm.

Here's the scoop...

Martin Bisi presents the Canadian premiere screening of Sound And Chaos: The Story Of BC Studio, a feature-length documentary about his Brooklyn recording space at Collective Arts Toronto (148 Markham St) on Saturday (September 14) at 7:30 pm. There'll be a Q&A with the director followed by performances by the Martin Bisi Collective and Toronto band, Crying High. Get tickets right here.

Martin Bisi is an original No Wave and Post-Punk producer from New York City who has been part of it's musical history for the past four decades. Bisi made landmark recordings by Brian Eno (On Land), Sonic Youth, Swans, Unsane, Lydia Lunch, John Zorn, Africa Bambaataa, JG Thirlwell/Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop, Herbie Hancock's "Rockit", Helmet, Live Skull, White Hills, Dresden Dolls and countless others.

For over 40 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was founded with money from Brian Eno, who subsequently worked on the album On Land there.

Working with Bill Laswell and the band Material, Bisi recorded Herbie Hancock's hit Rockit in this underground space. This was the first mainstream, popular song to feature a DJ and a turntable, utilizing "scratching". Following that success, Bisi worked with many other influential musicians there, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Angels of Light, John Zorn, Foetus and the Dresden Dolls. He has recorded across many genres, from experimental music, to hip hop and indie rock in the old factory building by the contaminated Gowanus Canal.

However, the future of the recording studio is in question as it is being squeezed in by the encroaching gentrification of the neighborhood. A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street, is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself.

The documentary includes interviews with musicians such as Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Michael Gira of Swans, Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls, Bob Bert, who played on Sonic Youth's Bad Moon Rising, Bill Laswell of Material, JG Thirlwell aka Foetus, Grand Mixer DXT and Michael Holman of Gray (with Jean-Michel Basquiat) and creator of famed 1984 hip-hop TV pilot Graffiti Rock.

Watch a clip from the film below.

Remembering Fred "Sonic" Smith on his birthday

Remembering Fred Smith with the Sonic's Rendezvous Band's rippin' mono version of "City Slang" and the Detroit Tango comp.

Jaymz Bee presents Music For Secret Agents and Songs of '69 @ Koerner Hall, Oct 16

Jaymz Bee toasts Jazz.FM91 with a night of James Bond themes featuring Irene Torres along with music from Genevieve Marentette's Songs Of '69 album.

Here's the scoop...

After 22 years of being an on-air host, concert producer and tour guide, Jaymz Bee is leaving JAZZ.FM91 to focus on his film career. To celebrate, Jaymz is presenting a special fundraiser for JAZZ.FM91. The night opens with “Music For Secret Agents” (James Bond and Beyond) featuring singers Irene Torres, Adam James, Serafin LaRiviere, John Finley, Gavin Hope, Simon Denny & Queen Pepper. After the intermission, Genevieve Marentette celebrates her album “Songs of ’69”. The night features a stellar band: Michael Shand (piano), Eric St-Laurent (guitar), George Koller (bass), Ben Wittman (drums), Bill McBirnie (flute) and Alison Young (saxophone). Ticket prices start at $30 and you can get 'em right here.

Check out a couple of clips of songs from Music For Secret Agents featuring the amazing Irene Torres who released her excellent Travessía album back in March.

That time The Backstabbers played Canadian Corps Hall in 2005

Here's Tony Allen, Colonel Tom Parker, Bob Hannan and the Backstabbers Country String Band in action nearly 20 years ago.

The Backstabbers Country String Band

Canadian Corps Hall, 2005

1. Tuesday I Got Married (partial)

2. Sometimes She Forgets

3. Why Not Confess

4.Going Across the Sea

5. My Baby's Gone (partial)

The Backstabbers:

Bob Hannan vocals, guitar

Colonel Tom Parker vocals, mandolin

Kristine Schmitt vocals

Tony Allen vocals, fiddle

Sam Petite upright bass

Videography: T. Kelp

Friday, September 13, 2024

Remembering Yma Sumac on her birthday

Raising a glass to Peruvian-American singer aka Yma Sumac with the trippy classic "Remember" produced by Les Baxter in 1972.

Paul Weller presents the songs of "66" and more @ History, Friday

Paul Weller will be performing the songs of his latest album "66" along with a few faves from The Jam & Style Council days.

That time Tom Waits dropped by KBCO-FM to chat and sing a few tunes

Check out Bret Saunders interview with Tom Waits along with a few songs on KBCO around the time of Mule Variations in 1999.

The Buzzcocks hit the Opera House, Friday

Steve Diggle and crew rip through the hits and misses of The Buzzcocks at the Opera House on Friday. Get tickets right here.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Pink Stones, Espanola, Cody Allen James @ The Horseshoe, Thursday

Hunter Pinkston brings his Athens-based Pink Stones crew to The Horseshoe tonight. Check out his duet with Nikki Lane and more.

LINKS

The Self Portrait Gospel Hunter Pinkston: The Pink Stones Interview

Remembering country great George Jones on his birthday

Raising a glass to George Jones with a couple of mid-60s television appearances and an Austin City Limits show from 1980.

RZA's Wu-Tang Clan concert film screens at Revue, Sept 12

RZA's A Wu-Tang Experience: Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre gets its Canadian premiere at The Revue on Sept. 12

A WU-TANG EXPERIENCE: LIVE AT RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE

Canadian Premiere!

Revue Cinema (Roncesvalles) September 12th at 9:30PM

Presented by Stompbox + High Notes Coffee + Vinyl

with preshow DJ set by DJ MERCILLESS

Tickets on sale now at https://bit.ly/4fCxCiz or revuecinema.ca!

The new concert doc directed by RZA and Gerald K. Barclay gets on stage and behind the scenes of the Wu-Tang Clan's historic show from August 2021 backed by the 60-piece Colorado Symphony Orchestra as they perform a live score set to the seminal martial arts classic 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Extensive interviews with RZA and the rest of the Wu, plus really enlightening conversations from longtime DJs, video editors and other auxiliary members of the collective, and of course some banging Wu-Tang classics on stage backed by a full orchestra! Watch the trailer below.

Mr. Pharmacist, Psychic Weapons rock the Linsmore Tavern, Sept 21

The Fall tribute Mr. Pharmacist – powered by Glenn Milchem on drums – reprise your fave Mark E. Smith gems at the Linsmore Tavern on Saturday, Sept. 21!

Here's the scoop...

Mr. Pharmacist, one of the all-time great bands who've played the Linsmore Tavern (1298 Danforth Ave) – returns for the first time in nearly five years! On Saturday September 21st, Mr. Pharmacist will be playing their tribute to Mark E Smith and The Fall! Every time Mr. Pharmacist plays the Linsmore, it’s a sell-out with an electric atmosphere! In keeping with the evening's post-punk theme, opening the show will be Psychic Weapons, who are an incredible original band with a totally wired attack. The show starts at 9:30pm, Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door! Get 'em right here.

Mr. Pharmacist – featuring Todd Schertzer, Mike Letourneau, Joe Steeves, Glenn Milchem, and Robert Howard – always put on one helluva a show to a capacity crowd every time they play the Linsmore Tavern. The Fall are an English post-punk band, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. With an ever-changing line up, the Fall essentially consists of founder and only constant member, Mark E. Smith, who has quipped, “If it’s me and your granny on bongos, then it’s The Fall!! The Fall have a huge Cult following, as does Mr. Pharmacist themselves, which is evident every time Mr. Pharmacist plays the Linsmore Tavern and it’s at capacity!

Psychic Weapons: Angular, sharp, melodic, anti-melodic, wordy, stabby. “Veteran savvy & discipline / wired-up tension / perpetual-nervous tics / post punk signifiers.” (Joe Strutt – Mechanical Forest Sound) Lineage: Parts Unknown, Creeping Nobodies, Mean Red Spiders, 122 Greige, The Mean, Procon, All Under Heaven Album forthcoming in 2025: Press Play To Erase.

Watch Mr. Pharmacist live at the Monarch Tavern back in December, 2022 followed by a clip from Psychic Weapons recent show at the Horseshoe Tavern.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Kevin Hart goes Day Drinking with Seth Meyers

Kevin Hart recently joined Seth Meyers for a serious elbow-bending and sneak-guzzling session at Lolita in midtown Manhattan.

Remembering blues great William "Jazz" Gillum on his birthday

Raising a glass to Jazz Gillum with "Key To The Highway" feat. Big Bill Broonzy on guitar – released as a B-side in 1940.

R.I.P. Philly soul great Frankie Beverly, 1946-2024

Sadly, soul great Frankie Beverly of Maze, Raw Soul and the Butlers has passed away at the age of 77. He'll be greatly missed.

Chicago celebrates Mavis Staples' 85th Birthday at the Auditorium on Dec 6

Better five months late than never, Chicago celebrates Mavis Staples birthday with Margo Price and Jackson Browne joining in!

Get tickets for the Mavis Staples 85th Birthday Celebration at the Auditorium in Chicago right here.

Midweek Mixdown: Grey DeLisle

Singer/songwriter and voice actress extraordinaire Grey DeLisle just put together a mix for Radio L'envie... have a listen here.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Watch Margo Price perform "Too Stoned To Cry" in Memphis

Margo Price's "Too Stoned To Cry" feat. Billy Strings is out Thursday. Get it here. Watch the performance below. Read about it here.

Here's the scoop on "Too Stoned To Cry"...

On Thursday (September 12), Margo Price releases new single, Too Stoned To Cry, featuring vocals and guitar from her friend, Billy Strings. Following the resounding reception of 2023’s Strays – the hard-rocking, shroom-steeped opus hailed as her “strongest solo work yet” (The New Yorker) – Too Stoned To Cry finds Price squarely in the saddle of the plainspoken, poignant and empowering style of music that first cemented her place as a generational storyteller. Written by Andrew Combs, and produced by Beau Bedford, the song exemplifies why country has been a comfort for Price in her darkest days, and signals much more to come as she prepares for new music in 2025. Listen to Too Stoned To Cry (feat. Billy Strings) via Loma Vista Recordings, and watch a performance in Memphis below.

"It was such a joy to work with Billy on this song. He really nailed the vocals and laid down a beautiful lead. I have wanted to record this song for years now, ever since I heard the writer Andrew Combs sing it. My buddy Beau Bedford and I had been in the studio together working on an Orville Peck track, and I asked him to produce this single for me. He put together a really great band – Beau and I, plus my husband Jeremy Ivey played acoustic, Aksel Coe on drums, Misa Arriaga on Bass, Russ Pahl on pedal steel, Joey McClellan on electric. Once we got Billy to add his guitar and singing, I knew this song was gonna be a special recording." - Margo Price

Too Stoned To Cry foresees the start of a fresh chapter for Margo Price, a restless spirit in the midst of a year full of change. From her new sound and bandmates, to both her look and outlook, she has written extensively and unabashedly in her publication Rawdoggin’ Reality, about the state of herself, her career and the world around her, the rabbit holes she has gone down and the regrets she lacks. Price reflects:

“When I first came on the scene, I was a countryfied, hard headed, whiskey drinkin nobody who was pissed off at the establishment. All of that’s still true, except for the whiskey drinkin part. If anything, now that I’ve lived for a while inside of the establishment, I’m even more pissed off. I’ve let some people go, I’m still fighting with others to let me be myself, but I know, I’m gonna make this next record the way I want to make it, no matter what it takes.”

This month, Margo Price will appear at AmericanaFest and Farm Aid, where she serves alongside Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson as the first female artist on its board of directors. She will also perform at upcoming celebrations for Robbie Robertson and Mavis Staples, and in recent weeks shared a new collaboration with Orville Peck called You’re an Asshole, I Can’t Stand You (and I Want a Divorce), an original T Bone Burnett-produced song and Elvis Costello cover for Netflix film, Downtown Owl (Shelter Me & Pump It Up), and a rendition of Ways To Be Wicked (feat. Mike Campbell) for Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty.

High On Fire, Sons Of Otis rock the Axis Club, Wednesday

High On Fire cut loose with Sons Of Otis at Toronto's Axis Club (722 College) on Wednesday. Doors at 7 pm. Get tickets here.

Nosaj of New Kingdom strikes back with Wave Generators

Wave Generators (Height Keech & Nosaj) just released After The End – check the clips for "I'm Setting Up In A New City," "Lower East Side" and "True North."

Wave Generators – After The End

A lot of people spend their days vaguely anxious about the pandemonium they can feel about to sweep down on all of us. They see the cracks in the societal dam holding back total chaos, and – knowing it could go sideways any minute- they have a hard time going about their day… enjoying their lunch… relaxing on the weekend. It’s like a splinter in the comfort zone in their brains… They can’t focus on anything because they’re way too aware of the cracks spreading in the thin ice we’re all walking on during these waning days of the empire.

But that’s not even the actual issue. The real problem is: they just don’t have the right soundtrack cued up for when that proverbial excrement hits that spinning fan blade of reality. To put it another way, they haven’t heard Wave Generators yet.

This is the album you’re going to want to reach for when you swear allegiance to Lord Humongous, Master of the Wastes, and start cruising around with your crew of marauders looking for fledgling-city-states growing in the husks of abandoned corporate campuses that you can sack and pillage and then hold a little post-raid-party in the ruins.

This is the music that plays from the speakers mounted to the giant drill that the army of mole people drives through 5th avenue as they commence their invasion of the upper crust. Even though the headline news is, “this means the destruction the surface dwellers’ society and the age of Mole-Man dominance,” you can’t help but wonder, “where can I hear more of that subterranean battle anthem though?!”

This is the soundtrack you want in your earphones when your life drops you into a straight up movie scene foot chase scene, tearing through active restaurant kitchens, jumping rooftop to rooftop. It’ll be way too intense to fully enjoy it and you’re gonna be winded as hell because you’re not Tom Cruise and it you’re being honest with yourself; you’ve neglected your cardio. But the way the tracks line up with the near death moments and the inevitable moment when you think you’re home free but then round the corner and smack face first into the biggest of your pursuers, …. It’s all so satisfying it’s almost worth it that you’re about to be jammed into the trunk of a mid-90s Ford Taurus.

Wave Generators is exactly what you‘ve been looking for, without ever knowing you were looking. But don’t expect to take any breaks now that you found it. If anything- now that you have this last crucial tool you’ve been looking for, your busy season begins. Crank the volume, get out there, and get after it.

- Luke H. Simmons

Get a copy of Wave Generators' new album "After The End" via Bandcamp right here. Watch their latest videos below.

Monday, September 9, 2024

The Gories 1990 session outtakes surface on "Cry Girl" seven-inch

There's a seven-inch of The Gories' unissued recordings of "Cry Girl" b/w "Everything That's Mine" being sold at shows.

Here's the scoop...

Two unreleased GORIES tracks "Cry Girl" b/w "Everything That's Mine" (a cover of The Motions song penned by guitarist Robbie Van Leeuwen pre-Shocking Blue) recorded in Memphis in 1990 for their second album. It's coming out in support of their European tour and only available at shows, the Wild Honey online store and via Bandcamp in a limited edition. Very few copies on transparent blue vinyl and some on black. DIY package by Paolo Proserpio and Marta Biasi. Crazy stuff.

Check out The Gories' version of "Cry Girl" and a recent Berlin performance of "Everything That's Mine" followed by the original recordings by The Kan Dells and The Motions respectively.

You may be able to snag a copy of The Gories single on Bandcamp if yer quick. Try here.

Happy Birthday Manuel Göttsching!

Remembering Ash Ra Tempel guitarist Manuel Göttsching with some interviews and two classic solo recordings.

Getting Carter, Nick Triplow's book on Brit noir author Ted Lewis due in Canada!

Nick Triplow's critically acclaimed biography of Ted Lewis, enigmatic author of Get Carter, is finally being published in Canada.

Here's the scoop...

Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir, Nick Triplow’s soulful biography of enigmatic British crime fiction pioneer, Ted Lewis (author of Get Carter), is one of those rare works of literary investigation that relentlessly asserts its own status as art. Like Philip Hoare’s Melville in The Whale or James Sallis’ Chester Himes: A Life, Triplow more than uncovers the forgotten godfather of the modern British crime story; he also spins a noir morality tale with a poetry all its own.

Mike Hodges’ 1971 cinema classic was based on a book called Jack’s Return Home, and many commentators agree contemporary British crime writing began with that novel. The influence of both book and film is strong to this day. Lewis never lived to realize his legacy.

Ted Lewis is one of the most important writers you've never heard of. Born in Manchester in 1940, he grew up in the tough environs of post-war Humberside, attending Hull College of Arts and Crafts before heading for London. His life described a cycle of obscurity to glamour and back to obscurity, followed by death at only 42. He sampled the bright temptations of sixties London while working in advertising, TV and films and he encountered excitement and danger in Soho drinking dens, rubbing shoulders with the “East End boys” in gangland haunts. He wrote for Z Cars and had some nine books published. Alas, unable to repeat the commercial success of Get Carter, Lewis’s life fell apart, his marriage ended, and he returned to Humberside and an all too early demise.

Getting Carter is a meticulously researched and riveting account of the career of a doomed genius. Long-time admirer Nick Triplow has fashioned a thorough, sympathetic, and unsparing narrative. Triplow is at once a cold case detective and a Boswell of the backstreets. Required reading for noirists, this book will enthral and move anyone who finds irresistible the old cocktail of rags to riches to rags.

The hardcover edition of Nick Triplow's Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir will be published by Penguin Random House Canada on December 3, 2024 which you can pre-order right here. Conversely, if you'd rather not wait three months, you can get a much cheaper UK copy published way back in 2017 from Amazon today right here. Check out an interview with Nick Triplow below.

Read a 2023 interview with author Nick Triplow discussing his books right here.

Sunday, September 8, 2024

R.I.P. bassist Herbie Flowers, 1938-2024

Sadly, British bassist Herbie Flowers – who played on hundreds of recordings – has passed away at 86. He'll be greatlly missed.

Check out Neko Case's chat with Rosanne Cash and more

Since it's Neko's birthday today, here are her discussions with Rosanne Cash & Eric Bachmann and a tune with Calexico.

LINKS

Premier Guitar Neko Case Free Falling

Team Coco Three Questions with Andy Richter: Neko Case

The Witch Wave Neko Case: Sovereign Songstress

Get tickets for Neko Case's Toronto show at the Danforth Music Hall on September 27th right here.

Remembering saxophonist Marion Brown on his birthday

Remembering jazz saxophonist Marion Brown with a 1967 documentary by Harry English, a French TV appearance and more.

Keb Darge curates The Best of Ace's Sixties Garage Punk comp

Popular club DJ Keb Darge – who knows dusty garages and rare records – turns up some cool cuts on this intro to 60s teen punk.

Here's the scoop...

After the success of Keb Darge’s 2023 Ace Rockabilly compilation (CHD 1637) the legend returns with another collection of music close to his heart.

On “Keb Darge Presents The Best Of Ace Sixties Garage Punk” the smooth-headed maestro pulls open his curtains to reveal a selection of US garage stompers from the 60s. “Though there are a couple of “never before on vinyl” tunes here for serious collectors, this compilation is aimed at those folk who are just getting into it,” states Keb “I have picked a selection of my favourites from the nice cheap and easy to find stuff up to the four figure and bloody hard to find stuff.” Artists like the Hooterville Trolley, the Litter, the Music Machine, the Venturie 5, The Lyrics and the Nightcrawers reflect back light towards British invasion bands like the Who, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones, home-grown garage flowers and the dark end of the psychedelic street. Laced with fuzzed guitar, enthusiasm, a driving beat and an attitude that was proto-punk this music remains fresh and is already being embraced by a new generation.

With liner notes from Keb and housed in a sleeve by Robin Banks −who also did the artwork for Keb’s Rockabilly compilation − this is an essential purchase. Get a copy directly from Ace UK right here here. Check out a few tracks below.

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Swiss garage rippers The Jackets cut new Intuition album with Jim Diamond

The Jackets' new Intuition album – boasting boffo sleeve art by Olaf Jens – is due out October 18 from Chaputa! Records.

Here's the scoop from Chaputa! Records...

Swiss garage punk sensations The Jackets are back with their highly anticipated new album, “Intuition”, available from October 18th on Chaputa! Records. Since forming in 2007 in Bern, The Jackets have been a driving force in the garage rock scene, known for their high-energy performances, raw sound, and infectious melodies. The band, featuring Jackie Brutsche (aka Jack Torera) on vocals and guitar, Chris Rosales on drums, and Samuel Schmidiger on bass, delivers a gritty mix of 60s garage rock, punk, and psychedelic influences.

The Jackets have garnered widespread acclaim for their music and electrifying live shows. Their previous albums have been celebrated, with “Shadows of Sound” praised by Shindig! magazine as a “perfect example of how modern garage-punk should sound,” and “Queen of the Pill” described by Louder Than War as “a blistering, fuzz-filled ride.” Their live performances are often highlighted for their “pure energy and charisma,” bringing the spirit of ’60s garage rock into the modern era.

“Intuition” continues this legacy with 10 tracks that showcase The Jackets’ signature raw power and infectious hooks. The album was recorded by Jim Diamond at Strawberry Studios in Bern, mixed by Diamond, and mastered by Adi Flück at Centraldubs. The striking cover art by Olaf Jens complement the band’s vibrant and surreal aesthetic.

The Jackets have built their reputation through explosive live shows across Europe, North America, and beyond, performing at many renowned festivals and venues. With their upcoming tours in Japan and the USA, The Jackets are set to bring “Intuition” to fans worldwide. Don’t miss your chance to experience one of the most electrifying bands in the garage punk scene today!

You can pre-order a copy of The Jackets' Intuition album (with dazzling sleeve art courtesy of Olaf Jens) directly from Chaputa! Records right here. Check the teaser trailer following the track listing below.